Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Flat Megan

This surprise appearance by one of my favorite characters ever made me do a little sporadic Googling (very bad timing, I have 2 papers due today that I've yet to begin). I looked at the images page and saw pictures of little Flat Stanleys with former Pres. Bush & Condaleeza Rice. This led me to the site where teachers, children and everyone else can go to print out their own Flat Stanley which they can then mail or, I guess, take with them when they hobnob with world leaders and celebrities.

It took a few minutes of staring at the site before I was overcome with a rush of memories. In my K-4 class, we made Flat Stanleys to mail. We got to dress them up however we wanted and mail them somewhere (maybe to the author?). Now I'm sitting here in my college cafeteria, books about Africa and African History strewn around, and all I can think about is Flat Stanley. I never mailed mine because I didn't think he was good enough.

This is a recurring theme in my life. Many, many times I don't do things entirely because I'm afraid they won't be good enough. From mailing Flat Stanley at 4 to papers and assignments now (much less often than in high school, though). I guess I'm beginning to realize that I'm never going to be perfect, nor should I try to be. But in my quest to be the best that I can be, tryingis part of getting there.